Abstract

The context, lithostratigraphy and biostratigraphy of a series of Pleistocene deposits from Wing, Rutland, in the East Midlands of England are described. The sequence of till, lake clays, compressed wood and moss peats and peaty silts is shown to occupy a small, closed basin cut deeply into the Jurassic bedrock. The basin appears to have been excavated by ice responsible for the deposition of Chalky Jurassic Till in the area, and this till lines the floor and sides of the basin. Pollen and plant macrofossil analyses have provided a long and continuous record of vegetational and environmental history at the site and the deposits have been dated by pollen analysis to the Last (Ipswichian) Interglacial and early Devensian Glacial stages (pollen zones Ip IIb to e De). With certain reservations, the sequence is compared and correlated with other interglacial deposits in Britain.

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